how to install Indexing_unix.sh program (SOLVED)

[Susan365]

I need some help installing an indexing program for familysearch.org. It is called: Indexing_unix.sh

Thanks
Susan

[Susan365]

I found instructions here http://freshtutorial.com/install-sh-file-linux/

I did as he instructed
chmod +x file.sh
./file.sh

the program works OK, but I do not see any messages in the message field

I got these error messages at the end of the installation:

Could not uninstall: http://indexing.familysearch.org/iis-ap ... java5.jnlp
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaws": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
Could not uninstall: http://indexing.familysearch.org/iis-ap ... java5.jnlp
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaws": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
Could not uninstall: http://indexing.familysearch.org/iis-ap ... /iude.jnlp
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaws": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
Could not uninstall: http://indexing.familysearch.org/iis-ap ... exing.jnlp
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaws": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
Could not uninstall: http://indexing.familysearch.org/iis-ap ... xing1.jnlp
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaws": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory
Could not uninstall: http://indexing.familysearch.org/iis-ap ... stall.jnlp
java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "javaws": java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

is this important, do I need to do something with java?????

I'm such a noobie

Thanks for any help
Susan

[Buzzsaw]

I don't know anything about your familysearch.org program, but I can see from its output that it wants 'javaws' (Java Web Start), but it seems not to be able to find it.

When I run:

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whereis javaws

I get:

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javaws: /usr/bin/javaws /usr/bin/X11/javaws /usr/share/man/man1/javaws.1.gz

What do you get?

'javaws' is in the package 'icedtea-netx'. Is this installed on your computer? If not, run:

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sudo apt-get install icedtea-netx

and then try to run your shell script again.

[Susan365]

I got the same response you got.

I reinstalled the program and got this message:

Fatal Read Error. Could not read or parse the JNLP file.

[Buzzsaw]

It seems that your script doesn't like the open source 'icedtea' JNLP file on your computer. There is a solution, but it might be difficult to implement if you haven't much experience:

You need to remove your 'icedtea' (open source Java) package(s) and then install the proprietary Java packages, 'JRE 7' and 'JDK 7' from Oracle. Instructions for installing these are here:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/we ... x-jre.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/we ... x-jdk.html

[Susan365]

Thnaks so much for your help
but how do I uninstall?

[Buzzsaw]

I've looked it up, and it turns out you needn't remove anything. It's ok to have both types of Java installed at the same time.

It's almost certain that installing Oracle Java will resolve your problem, but it's not completely straightforward. Here are a couple of pages I've found on askubuntu.com that give instructions on how to do it. These are what you should refer to first as a guide rather than the docs.oracle.com pages:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/56104/ho ... 7-8-or-jre
http://askubuntu.com/questions/21131/ho ... as-default

If you want to go ahead and follow them, you can ask here if you get stuck.

[Susan365]

I did all the commands suggested by the Ubuntu site... but I still don't see any messages

Do you know how I can test this out somewhere else. (JAVA and JAVAWS)

[Buzzsaw]

You can test that Java is installed properly by following the instructions on this page:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/150057/h ... -installed

If it is installed properly, then I recommend you fully remove the Indexing_unix.sh program, and then reinstall it and see what messages it tells you when you do so.

[Susan365]

It works great now
Thanks for your help
I am Windows free !

[-Michel-]

I am Windows free !

Welcome to the club! i am windows free too since 4 weeks